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"Hungry Hill", Tobyhanna Twp., memorializes late-18th-century travel through the Poconos.
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In 1779, the path from Easton to Wilkes-Barre, PA, needed widening.
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The road builders were often hungry and Indian attacks could be deadly.
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Iroquois Indians were allied with the British during the Revolutionary War.
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An improved road enabled better defenses.
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A more adequate transportation system was the strategy of George Washington.
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General John Sullivan directed the military engineers.
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The memorial is on the northeast side of Sullivan Trail southeast of Rt. 940.
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"Hungry Hill" was more elaborately commemorated in 1943.
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Currently the "Hungry Hill" site is maintained by the Monroe County Historical Association.
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Here is a legible view of the verbiage on the "Hungry Hill" monument.